Entrepreneurs are great at creating something out of nothing.
However, they will get to a point, usually around the $1M - $3M revenue mark (sometimes sooner, sometimes later) where buisness owners find themselves managing HR issues, CRM’s, processes, cash-flow, P&L’s, buried in spreadsheets and tech platforms that are clumsily taped together.
You find yourself buried in operational detail. The growth of the business plateau’s, or worse it continues to expand without the necessary foundation in place and your growing customer base becomes increasingly unhappy.
Brett is an accomplished leader whose commercial abilities were renowned and his impact obvious. He quickly established what good looks like alongside his team and provided a steady hand of leadership whose impact will be felt for some time. He was a trusted go to for matters of important business and enjoyed solid followership with his people. He demanded and received quality outcomes on behalf of his constituency. Brett had a knack for focusing on the things that mattered most and so enjoyed sustained results and a strong impact on the customers and partners in the market he serves.
One of the finest examples of a leader that I know is Brett. His leadership, both within and outside of the business arena, is inspirational.
One of the professional highlights of my career was recruiting Brett to take the regional leadership role in WA/SA.
Brett is a fantastic leader who thought laterally and supported his team without compromise. Brett is energetic, full of life. I would recommend any organisation to work with Brett.
I have witnessed Brett empower his team and implement change in an organisation in a short period of time. Brett possesses a high level of interpersonal skills that commands the best his team and has an ability to drive change and attain higher standards.
Brett quickly established a strong team culture with a can-do attitude by developing and communicating a resonant Strategic Business Plan and by employing strong situational leadership skills and by forming symbiotic mentor/mentee relationships. Brett broke down silos created by the nationalisation of divisions and gave the WA business an identity and sense of belonging again, which resulted in the highest employee engagement scores in the business nationally
Brett's leadership, passion and care for his staff will always be remembered. The positivity and professionalism Brett brought to the role was world class.
Great leadership, Brett is the king of corporate culture and created a working environment that all in the region will enjoy for along time.
The ultimate professional
Thank you so much Brett for your strong engagement and leadership.
Thank you for all the changes you made, you have left us with a bigger and better team of sales and service focused professionals, it was a great pleasure working with you.
Leadership development is one of the most important drivers of profitability because its benefits and failures touch every piece of the business.
Your profitability depends on those that lead your teams and how successful they are in these 5 areas: culture, engagement, customer retention, connection to the mission, and leadership alignment.Culture is the mindset and behaviors, engagement is employee enthusiasm and production, customer retention is delivery and execution, connection to the mission is strategy and goals, and leadership alignment is communication.
To ensure your company is run as efficiently as possible, it is imperative your leadership exemplifies the standards you wish your business to portray.
You can’t expect employees or managers to believe efficiency is a top priority if you do not emulate those standards in your everyday business practices.
Continuous improvement is not just about getting your employees promoted (although that is definitely part of it), it's about improving their performance in their current job. It is also about changing the job and their responsibilities as they improve—so that they can continue to grow.
The latter is more complicated. You need the same tasks accomplished, no matter how long the employee doing them has been in the job. But, you or the employee can always discover a better way to do a task.
Every business faces human capital risks that present threats to its success.
Human Capital Risk management focuses on ensuring your employees are given every opportunity to develop, grow and succeed. Identifying what could go wrong, evaluating which risks should be dealt with and implementing strategies to deal with those risks. Leadrite Co. sets out how to identify the risks your business may face. It also looks at how to implement an effective human capital risk management program which can increase your business' chances of success and reduce the possibility of failure.